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Re: what is this folow up thingy?
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Mon, 26 Oct 1998 22:28:02 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ...
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> I don't know a thing about cars - but then again I *pay* people to fix
> my car, I don't latch onto friends or coworkers and brag about my
> ignorance and expect them to do the work for me. :)
Mike,
I keep waiting for you back down a bit from this stance, but wow!
I feel it comes down to this... if I were your friend, and you asked, I
wouldn't mind helping you with your car.
I wouldn't think you any less for asking, and I would NOT ask... why you
hadn't just experimented with the car, like I did in high school? I mean
after all, I wasn't a wealthy child, and I received no instruction from my
teachers, yet I know a lot about car repair. Why shouldn't everybody know
about car repair? Do you have some "strange sort of pride in" your lack of
car repair knowledge?
Now, I *know* that you can pay someone to change your oil or adjust your
brakes, and if you did this it would be easier for me (given that my help is
the alternative) and this would make you completely self-sufficient. But
why? I enjoy helping my friends, and it usually means that when I need help
they will enjoy helping me. And if I never receive reciprocal help from
that friend... who cares, hearing "thanks a lot Linc" is worth my effort.
If I personally began to feel that the "thanks received" was not going to be
worth the effort, then I would not help that person. But I would not shoot
jibes from the corner directed at the person who asked help of someone else.
I am new here, and I get the feeling that you have been a major contributor
in the Lego internet scene for some time. Perhaps you have seen too many
trivial questions asked. Perhaps you have seen the same mistakes repeated
over and over. I but I think you are in error if you believe that because
you know the answer to a simple question, that the question was directed at
you. The question is directed at anyone willing to help, NOT to the larger
subset of those who hold the answer. It is unfortunate that you (we) have
to read the posts from newbies, and yes, people who asked a question too
early. But this is a newsgroup, and that's the cost of doing business here!
I want to say that this is only *my opinion* and is not a condemnation of
yours. Any personal affront you might read is COMPLETELY unintended.
LINC
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) _I_ take a strange sort of pride in my lack of car repair knowledge. Filthy beasts. (But I agree with your point about helping other people. I understand Mike too though -- it was very annoying all trhoughout high school and college to go over (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: what is this folow up thingy?
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| (...) Sometimes I hold onto those opinions that are counter to other peoples' longer just for fun. :) (...) Well, if it were something like helping me replace a tail light I could see that, but I didn't really just mean a one time or rare ocurrance (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: what is this folow up thingy?
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| On topic bit: I agree with Mike. Asking stupid questions is better than making stupid mistakes, but it's better still to avoid both. And research is easy on the Internet (or I want my money back ;) Linc Smith <ldsmith@pfc.forestry.ca> wrote (...) (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: what is this folow up thingy?
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| (...) You know, I see older people like this and I can almost understand it - almost. Not fully, though, because we ARE human beings after all, so much of our life experience is gained by testing, playing, trying, exploring. So I don't always buy it (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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